WordNet sense 1 (elude, especially in a baffling way):

defy, refuse, refuse

WordNet sense 2 (refuse to comply):

balk, jib, baulk

WordNet sense 3 (express opposition through action or words):

dissent, protest, protest

WordNet sense 4 (resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ):

reject, reject

WordNet sense 5 (stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something):

withstand, hold out, stand firm

WordNet sense 6 (withstand the force of something):

fend, stand